Excel is a great start, but enterprise data solutions require enterprise tools such as Microsoft SQL Server.
Excel spreadsheets and Tableau Software make it possible to build reports and visualizations that are far beyond yesterday’s charts, graphs and pivot tables. However, if your goal is exploring data that spans several years or performing complex calculations, an enterprise-class database will improve the security and accessibility of your data.
Business Intelligence Requirements of MS SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server can offer the business intelligence expert the tools necessary to do their job, such as:
- Data Quality – Insuring the accurancy of the information your’re loading into the database (understanding what is and isn’t acceptable)
- Access Speed – Properly indexing the database to provide optimum access speeds (optimizing for speed)
- Extract, Transform & Load (ETL) Logic – To provide the fast and accurate loading of your database from source systems
When you need to work with multi-year data sets, an enterprise-class database will significantly improve data access speeds. In addition, we can design a data loading logic that will audit and assure the quality of the information that you put into your database.
Talk to us today about how Microsoft SQL Server can assist in meeting your business intelligence needs. As with all of our services, InterWorks provides the tools and experts necessary to accomplish your business goals.
